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Renewed June 3, 1938 23 Claims.

My invention relates to building constructions, and is particularly, but not exclusively, concerned with walls made of blocks held together by preformed bonding members.

The invention, which has among its objects the provision of an improved wall construction of the above mentioned character and improved members for use in connection with the same, will be best understood from the following description when read in the light of the accompanying drawings of a wall embodying the invention, the scope of which latter will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is an elevation of a wall constructed according to'the invention;

Fig. 2 is, a plan of the wall according to Fig. 1;

Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are respectively sections on,the lines 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 66, I1 and 8-8 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line Fig. 10 is a section on the line III-I0 of Fig. 8 with parts shown in elevation;

Fig. 11 is an elevation, with parts broken away, of a, fragment of the construction at the upper right hand corner of the door opening in the wall shown in elevation in Fig. l, and corresponds to a section on the line I II I of Fig. 12;

Fig. 12 is a section on the line I2--I2 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 13 illustrates the construction at the upper left hand corner oflthe wall shown in elevation in Fig. 1, and corresponds to a section on the line Iii-I3 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 14 illustrates the construction at the lower left hand corner of the wall shown in elevation in Fig. 1, and also corresponds to a section on the line I3I3 of Fig. 5; i

Fig. 15 is an elevation, with parts broken away and parts in section, showing the attachment .of the intermediate vertical bracing and bonding members to the horizontal members at the ceiling and floor associated with the wall shown in elevation in Fig. 1, and corresponds to a section on the line I5I5 of Fig. 4;

Figs. Hand 17 are respectively sections on the lines I6I6 and II-II of Fig. 15, these section lines, for convenience in associating the figures of the drawings, being placed also on Fig. 1;

Fig. 18 is a diagram corresponding to a section on the line I8--I8 of Fig. 1 showing the relation of the bracing and bonding members, said members being moved into disassembled relation for illustrating the relation of each to the other when assembled;

9- -9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 19 is an elevation of the diagram according to Fig. 18;

Fig. 20 is a diagram corresponding to asection on the line 20-20 of Fig. 1 showing the relation of the bracing and bonding members, said members being moved into disassembled relation for illustrating the relation of each to the other when assembled;

Fig, 21 is an elevation of the diagram according to Fig. 20;

Fig. 22 is an isometric view of a fragment of the 'corner of the wall indicated at the right hand side of Figs. 1 and 2; and

Fig. 23 is a section on the horizontal plane indicated by the line 23-23 of Fig. 22 with the blocks shown in dotted lines for convenience in illustrating the relation of the associated bonding members.

Referring to the drawings, the wall illustrated comprises blocks I and 3 (Fig. 1) which preferably are formed of glass and, as indicated in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, preferably are hollow, although it will beunderstood that, if desired, the blocks may be formed of other material or may be solid. As shown, the front and back vertical faces 5 (Figs. 3 and 4) 0i. the-blocks are flat and are parallel to each other. The top, bottom and end faces of the blocks are formed to present oppositely and inwardly inclined surfaces 1 extending from the edges of the blocks toward their medial portions, which surfaces are united at said medial portions by upstanding beads 9, this construction providing a groove, formed by the oppositely inclined surfaces 1, which extends entirely around the four sides of each block, and

with oppositely and outwardly facing shoulders,

formed by the central upstanding. bead 9, also extending entirely around the four sides of the blocks. The corners of the blocks are rounded at II, as shown, or are otherwise suitably shaped to present surface portions cooperating with the bonding means hereinafter described. These surface portions, which if desired may be part of the faces 5 of the blocks, for example if the comers are not rounded, provide what may be considered as outwardly facing shoulders extending entirely around the blocks adjacent each face 5 thereof, the shoulders at the vertical corners extending in the vertical direction of the wall and those at the horizontal corners extending in the horizontal direction of the wall. I

The blocks I and 3 are similar, except that the length of the block 3 is equal to the length of the block I plus the thickness of the blocks transversely of the wall, so that by use of the blockfl3 in alternate courses at any given starting point in the courses the joints between the blocks may be'staggered, as illustratedat the right hand end portion of the wall shown in elevation in Fig. 1, to provide at the corner of the wall a construction in which the courses at the side of the wall l3 (Figs. 2 and 22) dovetail with the courses at the side of the wall i 5. As will be obvious, such a construction may also be provided by employing at a given starting point in the courses, instead of blocks 3 which have the are equal to the thickness of the blocks, which is to say, the blocks at said starting-point may have a length equal to either the thickness of the blocks or the thickness of the blocks plus the length of the other blocks l. v x

As illustrated, the blocks forming the wall throughout the major extent of the latter are locked together at their horizontal edges by flat plate-like members I! (Fig. 1) which extend over a plurality of blocks and are locked together at their vertical edges by similar members l9 which extend merely for the height of a' block and are section of the members when employed with the blocks illustrated is best illustrated in Fig. 3, which is a section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1, this section being placed at both the horizontal and vertical joints between the blocks in that figure for convenience in. indicating the construction because the plate-like members andblocks at said vertical and horizontal joints are of the same cross-section.

- Referring to Fig. 3, the extrusions illustrated comprise a web portion 2| at opposite ends of which is an enlargement 23 having a fiat outer face 25 and opposite side faces 21, which latter, as shown, are shaped to conform tothe convex surface formed bythe rounded shoulder portion i l of the recessed corner of the block illustrated. At eachside of the center portion of the web 2| of the extrusion is a pair of longitudinally extending projecting beads 29 between which are received the upstanding beads 9 of the blocks.

This construction provides that movement of one block relative to the other transversely of the wall in either direction is prevented at what bottom facespf each block. For example, if the right hand block of Fig. 3 should tend to move upwardly transversely of the wall such move- I ment would be prevented by cooperation of the shoulder formed by the upper rounded corner I l of the block with the adjacent shoulder formed by the surface 21 of the plate-like member I1, also by cooperation of the bead 9 of the block .with the upper adjacent bead 29 of the member 11, and by cooperation of the lower inclined surface I of the block with the lower adjacent bead.

length just mentioned, blocks the lengths of which preferably produced by a milling operation after I the members I9 are cut to length, into/'which notches the longitudinal beads 29 on theadjacent plate-like members I! fit when the parts are placed in assembled relation. Further, the corners of the members l9 are rounded after being cut to length, as indicated at 32 (Fig. 20), to cooperate with the adjacent rounded portion 21 of the members 41. This same construction for interlocking the parts is followed throughout the wall wherever a transverse and horizontal bonding member for the -blocks abut with each other.

In building the wall after each course is laid a long plate-like member I! is placed on it in interlocking relationwith the upper ends of the short plate-like member I9 between the blocks of that course. J In laying the next course the blocksv thereof are placed on said horizontal member l1, and as each block is laid a member I9 is positioned at the exposed end of the block in interlocking relation with said member I1. It will be observed that this construction permits the vertical members l9 to be slid along the horizontal members I! in interlocking relation therewith to compensate for variations in the lengths of the blocks. If desired, however, the horizontal mem-- bers, instead of the vertical members, may be notched to lock the vertical members at their ends to the horizontal members so as-to insure that superposed blocks and vertical members will be in vertical alignment.

With the construction of blocks and plateelike members illustrated if it is desired to weatherproof the joints of the wall a suitable filling material as, for example plastic metallic cement may be laid with the blocks so as to fill the portions between the inclined surfaces 1 of the blocks and the adjacent surfaces of the webs 2| of the members I1 and l9. 1

In building the present'wall one or more long horizontal members I1 of the construction illustrated are laid on the fioor F.and secured thereto by suitable fastening members 33 (Fig. 7),,

and the lower course of blocks placed on this member. Elongated members I! may be placed at the end of the wall where it joins the wall W of the building, and at the top of the wall where it joins the ceiling C of the building, but preferably, and as illustrated, elongated members 35 are used at these positions and-around the edges of the openings in the walls such as doorways.

. These members 35, which are in cross-section as 35 at one side is exactly of the same shape and dimensions as the members I7 and l9 heretofore described, being provided at that side with the rounded shoulder portions 21 and. the pair of longitudinally extending beads 29. At its opposite side the member 35 as illustrated isformed to provide a longitudinally extending angle portion which stiifens the member and comprises the projecting leg 31 and a connected leg 39, the end of the leg 39 being notched to form a longitudinally extending groove 4|. At the same side of the member as the angle portion is shown an upstanding longitudinally extending bead 43 at the outer side of the base of which is a longitudinally extending groove "45 formed in the body of the member 35, the purpose of the bead 43 and grooves 4| and 45 being as hereinafter described.

As illustrated in Fig. 16, a member 35 is placed ers I5, the adjacent member l'| being provided on the top course of the wall between that course and the ceiling C, and, as illustrated in Fig. 5,

a like member is placed between the end of the block wall and the adjacent wall W of the building. Where the members at the end and top 4 of the block wall join they are shown as mitered, i

" to the fioor by use of a similar angle bracket 49,

- the horizontal leg of the angle bracket extending beneath the end portion of the adjacent member l1 and being. secured to the floor by suitable fastener members 53. Asshown, the lower end:

of the body of the member 35 is notched as indicated at 55 (Fig. 14) to permit passage of the lower leg of the bracket, and one or the other Y of the lower beads 29 of the horizontal plate-like the invention comprise a pair of members I53" member I! on the floor is cut away to terminate at a point 51 adjacent the bracket so as not to interfere with the positioning of the horizontal leg of the bracket.

After"'the wall is assembled wedges 59 (Figs. 5, 13, 14, 15 and 16) areplaced between the wall W and ceiling C of the building to wedge the parts together and prevent separationof the blocks, after which, if desired, suitable finishing members 6| (Fig. 5) may be inserted between the adjacent surfaces of the building and the members 35.

At spaced points along the wall as, for example, every five to ten blocks, are placed suitable bracing means which in the pfesent embodiment of the members 63 cooperate with the adjacent blocksin the same manner as the members I I and I9 heretofore described. If it is desired .to weatherproof the wall, filler material of the. character above mentioned maybe placed in the spaces between the members 63 and the spaces between those members and the adjacent blocks. I

Referring particularly to Figs. 4, 15, 16 and 17, I

the vertical members 63 are secured to the member 35 adjacent the ceiling by angle brackets 49' similar to-those heretofore described. This member 35 is provided with a'slot 61 (Figs. 15 and 16) cutinwardly from its face 25 adjacent the bracket, through which slot the vertical leg of the bracket extends, the horizontal leg of the bracket being secured to thebody of the member 35 by-suitable bolts.69,. whil'e'the vertical leg of the bracket extends between the two members 93 and is secured to the web 2 of one of them by suitabe fasteners I I. The lower ends of the members 93, as shown, are fastened to .the floor by use of asimilar bracket 49 the vertical leg of which also extends between them and is secured ,to one of them by suitable fasteners 13, while the horizontal leg is secured to the floor by means of suitable fastenwith a groove 11 (Figs. 15 and 17) extending inwardly from its face 25 adjacent the bracket to pass the vertical leg 49 of the bracket.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 8 to 12 inclusive, the door opening is provided with a frame the sides and top of which are formed of the members 35 heretofore described. As is clear from Figs. 8 and 12, the legs 31 and 39 form a jamb for the door, the jamb being finished by means of angle irons 19 extending along the sides and the top of the door opening, the ends of oppositelegs of which angle irons fit into the grooves 4| and 45 (Fig. 8) of the member 35, the longitudinally projecting bead 43 of the'mem- ,ber 35 acting to assist in maintaining each angle iron against movement relative to the associated member 35.]

,As illustrated, the vertical members 35 at the door opening extend for the full height of the wall, but above the door the portions of the legs 31 and 39, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6, are cut away, and associated with the remaining portion of each member 35 abovethe door is a member 8| '(Figs. 1 and 6), which is formed of a length of the extrusions of which the members I! and 9 are formed, and is secured to the member 35 by spaced fasteners 93 (Fig. 6). Where the horizontal member 35 at the top of the door opening meets the vertical members 35 at the sides of the door opening the portions 31 and 39 .of the members 35 are mitered at (Fig. 11),

while. the portions 31 and 39 of the verticaJ members 35 are cut away above the miters, as has been explained in connection with Fig. 6.

, 'The members 35 at the top of the door are secured to the members '35 at the sides of the door by means of brackets 49 heretofore described, the legs of which brackets are secured to the respective members 35 by suitable fastening members 81, as clearly illustrated by Figs. 11 and 12. As illustrated in Figs. 8 and 10, the lower ends of the members 35 at the sides of-the door are secured to the floor by means of similar brackets 49, the vertical legs of the brackets being secured to the members 35 by means of bolts 89, and the horizontal legs to the floor by suitable fasteners 9|, one of the projecting beads 29 on the adjacent member resting on the floor being cut away to terminate at 93 (Fig. 10) so that the horizontal leg of the bracket may be positioned beneath the member As will be observed from Figs. 8, 10 and 12, all the angle brackets 49 associated with the door frame are concealed from' view by the angle portions 31, 39 of the members 35 and the associated an gles l9.

Extending across the floor at the door openfor example, the cross-section illustrated in Fig;

,9, the doorsill being notched-at its ends to flt the jamb of the door and being secured to the floor by suitable fastener members 91.

As heretofore explained, the corner at the right hand end of the wall shownin Figs. 1 and 2 is so formed that the courses onthe two transverse wall portions dovetail with eachother. The horizontal members H where they meet at this corner are mitered as indicated at 99 (Figs. 22 and 23). The verticalmembers I91 at the end of each course adjacent the end of the wall are like'the vertical members |9 elsewhere along the course except that they have the longitudinally extending beads 29 at one side thereof and the projecting portions of theenlargement 23 at the same side cut oil. so that the plate IM may rest against the flat side of the adjacent block I of the corresponding course on the transverse portion of the wall, as illustrated in Fig. 23. Those portions of the beads 29 which lie between the members NH and the mitered end of the member I1, and which are next tothe upper or lower surface of a block which is in a course transverse to the member ll, are cut away. For example, and as illustrated, the right hand member ii at the top of the fragment of the wall shown in Fig. 22 has the beads 29 on its upper surface so cut away, while the lower beads 29 of the right hand member i1 .mitered with that left hand member will be so cut away. At the top of the next lower course analternate arrangement will prevail, the beads 29 at the lower side of the left hand member I! will be so cut away, and the beads on the upper side of the right hand member i! will be so cut away. If desired, the corner of the wall may be finished by use of an angle iron or other suitable molding I03 (Figs. 1, 22 and 23) secured in position in any siutable manner as, for example, by means of screws I05 (Fig. 23) tapped into the members l1.

It will be understood from the foregoing description, and particularly by reference to Figs.

18 to 21, that, largely considered, the wall is' made of the two extrusions heretofore described, and that in all instances where transverse and vertical members adjoin the same are locked together by reason of the cooperation between the notches 3| and beads 29 and between the rounded portions 21 and 32.

It will also be understood that although the invention has been particularly described in connection with walls the construction is applicable to floors and pavements and other structures made of blocks, all such structures including walls for convenience of terminology in the appended claims being referred to as walls or the like".

It will be further understood that within the scope of the appended claims wide deviations may be made from the embodiment of the invention described without departing from the spirit 'of the invention.

I claim:

1. A wall or the like having, in combination, preformed blocks forming part of the wall, which blocks have adjacent faces extending transversely of the wall and, at each of opposite edges of said faces, present outwardly facing shoulders extending in the direction of the wall; and preformed bonding means for said blocks comprising longitudinally extending parts spanning the joint between said blocks at each of opposite sides thereof and cooperating with said shoulders for preventing relative displacement ofthe blocks transversely of the wall, and means extending transversely of the wall for tying said parts together.

2. A wall or the like having. in combination, preformed blocks forming part of the wall, which blocks have adjacent faces extending transversely of the wall and, at each of opposite edges of said faces, .present outwardly facing shoulders extend ing in the direction of the wall; and preformed bonding means for said blocks comprising longitudinally extending parts spanning the joint be- 3. A wall or the like having, in combination, preformed blocks forming part of the wall, which blocks have adjacent faces extending transversely of the wall and faces extending in-the direction of the wall, said blocks adjacent the intersections of the first and second mentioned faces being formed to present recessed corners presenting outwardly facing shoulders; and preformed bonding means for said blocks comprising longitudinally extending parts spanning the Joint between said blocks at each of opposite sides thereof and cooperating with said shoulders for preventing relative displacement of the blocks transversely of the wall. and means extending transversely of the wall for tying said parts together.

4. A wall or the like having,'in combination,

a preformed block constituting part of said wall, said block having a face transverse to the wall and being formed topresent anoutwardly facing shoulder adjacent the intersection of said face with each of a pair of opposite faces thereof which extend in the direction of the wall and to present oppositely facing shoulders associated with the first mentioned face; 'and preformed bonding means for said block formed with means providing spaced shoulders cooperating respectively with said shoulders of said block in each instance to act to prevent movement of said block transversely of the wall.

5. A wall ,or the like having, in combination, a preformed block constituting part of said wall, said block having a face transverse to the wall and being formed to present an outwardly facing shoulder adjacent the intersection of said face with each of a pair of opposite faces thereof which extend in the direction of the wall, and with an upstanding bead presenting oppositely facing shoulders associated with the first mentioned face; and preformed bonding means for said block formed with means providing spaced shoulders cooperating respectively with said shoulders of said block in each instance to act to prevent movement of said block transversely of the-wall.

6. A wall or the like having, in combination,

said first mentioned face adjacent each of said second mentioned shoulders being inclined outwardly of the body of the block toward the adjacent one of said second mentioned faces; and

preformed bonding means for said block comprising means providing spaced shoulders cooperating respectively with said shoulders of said block and with said inclined portions of said face in ach instance to act to prevent movement of said block transversely of the wall.

'7. A wall or the like having, in combination, a preformed block constituting part of said wall, said block having a face transverse to the wall and being formed to present an outwardly facing shoulder adjacent the intersection of said face with each of a pair of opposite faces thereof which extend in the direction of the wall, and with an upstanding bead presenting oppositely facing shoulders associated with the first mentioned face, the portions of said first mentioned face adjacent each of said second mentioned shoulders being inclined outwardly of the body of vent movement of said block transversely of the wall.

8. A wall or the like having, in combination, a preformed block having a face transverse to the wall and a pair of faces extending in the direction of the surface of the wall, the edges presented by the intersections of said faces bein rounded, the portionsof said face transverse to the wall being inclined from each of said edges inwardly of the body of the block toward the medial portion of said face, the last mentioned face also having an upstanding portion between the portions thereof which are so inclined; and preformed bonding means for said block having a pair of upstanding parts embracing said upstanding portion of said face and adapted to contact with the inclined portions of said face, and having upstanding portions presenting concave faces adapted to receive the rounded edges of said block.

9. A wall or the like having, in combination, a preformed block having a facetransverse to the wall and a pair of faces extending in the direction of the surface of the wall, the edges presented by the intersections of said faces being rounded, the portions of said face transverse-to the wall being inclined from each of said edges inwardly of the body of the block toward the medial portion of said face, the last mentioned face also having an upstanding portion between the portions thereof which are so inclined, the

upper surface of which upstanding portion is approximately in the same plane as the intersection of said rounded edges with said transverse face of said block; and preformed bonding means for said block having a pair of upstanding parts embracing said upstanding portion of said face and adapted to contact with the inclined portions of said face, and having upstanding portipns presenting concave faces adapted to receive the rounded edges of said block.

10. A wall or the like having a pair of abutting preformed blocks, each of said blocks being formed to present at opposite edges of the abutting faces thereof an outwardly facing shoulder, and, at an intermediate portion of at least one of said faces, being formed to present oppositely facing shoulders; and preformed bonding means for said blocks positioned between said abutting faces thereof comprising means providing inwardly facing shoulders cooperating respectively with said outwardly facing shoulders of said blocks, and means connecting the last mentioned means of w said bonding means presenting a pair of shoulders respectively cooperating with said second mentioned shoulders of said blocks in each instance to prevent relatively transverse movement of said blocks. d

11. A wall or the like having a'pair of abutting preformed blocks, each of said blocks being formed to present at oppdsite edges of the abutting faces thereof an outwardly facing shoulder, and, at an intermediate portion of at least one of said faces, being formed to present oppositely facing shoulders, said shoulders each extendingsubstantially the length of an edge of said faces; and preformed bonding-means for said blocks positioned betweensaid abutting faces thereof comprising means providing inwardly facing shoulders cooperating respectively with said outwardly facin shoulders of said blocks for substantially the full length of said outwardly facing shoulders, and

- means connecting the last mentioned means of said bonding means presenting a pair of shoulders respectively cooperating with said second mentioned shoulders of said blocks for substantially the full length of said second mentioned shoulders in each instance to prevent relatively transverse movement of said blocks.

12. A wall or the like having a pair of abutting preformed blocks, each of said blocks being formed to present at opposite edges of the abutting faces thereof an outwardly facing shoulder, and, at an intermediate portion of at least one of said faces, being formed to present oppositely facing shoulders; and preformed bonding means for said blocks positioned between said abutting faces thereof comprising means providing inwardly facing shoulders cooperating respectively with said outwardly facing shoulders of said blocks, and means integral with and connecting the last mentioned means of said bonding means presenting a pair of shoulders respectively cooperating with said second mentioned shoulders of said blocks in each instance to prevent relatively transverse movement of said blocks.

13. A wall or the like having a pair of abutting, preformed blocks, each of said blocks being formed to present atopposite edges of the abutting faces thereof an outwardly facing shoulder, and, at an intermediate portion of. at least one of said faces, being formed to-present oppositely facing shoulders, said shoulders each extending substantially the length of an edge of said faces; and preformed bonding means for said blocks positioned between said abutting faces thereof comprising means providing inwardly facing shoulders cooperating respectively with said outwardly facing shoulders of said blocksfor substantially the full length of said outwardly facing shoulders, and means integral with and connecting the last mentioned means of said bonding-means presentir a pair of shoulders respectively cooperating I th said second mentioned shoulders of said blocks for substantially the full length of said second mentioned shoulders in each instance to prevent relatively transverse movement of said blocks.

14. A bonding member for the blocks of a wall or the like comprising an elongated plate having at each edge thereof a pair of longitudinally extending flanges forming inwardly facing shoulders, and, at each side of said plate between said flanges, a pair .of spaced longitudinally extending raised beads."

15. A bonding member for the blocks of a wall 'or the like comprising an elongated plate having tudinally extending beads 29.

16. A pair of abutting blocks each having the beads 9, the rounded edges II, and inclined sur-'- face portions I; and, between said faces, a platelike bonding member comprising the web 2|, which web has the pairs of beads 29 cooperating with said bead 9 and surface portions I, and the thickened portions 23 provided with the shoulders 21 cooperating with said shoulders I I at each edge of said member.

17. A wall or the like formed of preformed blocks the facing surfaces of which are formed to provide at least one pair of oppositely facing shoulders, preformed bonding members between 15 6 amass? ders severally cooperating with the shoulders of said blocks for preventingrelatively transverse movement of said blocks.

18. A wall or the like formed of' preformed blocks the facing surfaces of which are formed to provide at least one pair of oppositely facing shoulders, preformed bonding members between each pair of said facing surfaces for holding said blocks in spaced relation, which members provide finishing strips for the joints between said blocks, and have oppositely facing shoulders severally cooperating with the shoulders of said blocks for preventing relatively transverse movementof said blocks, some of said bonding members being of such length as to extend over a plurality of aligned surfaces of said blocks, which latter bonding members are provided with means for engagement with complementary means provided by the bonding members transverse thereto for interlocking therewith:

19. A wall or the like formed of preformed blocks the facing surfaces of which are formed to provide at least one pair of oppositely facing shoulders, preformed bonding members between each pair of said facing surfaces for holding said blocks in spaced relation, which members provide finishing strips for the joints between said blocks, and have oppositely facing shoulders severally cooperating with the shoulders of said blocks for preventing relatively transverse movement of said blocks, some of said bonding members being of such length as to extend over a plurality of aligned surfaces of said blocks, which latter bonding members are provided with longitudinally extending means for engagement with complementary means provided by the bonding members transverse thereto for slidably interlocking therewith in the direction of the length of said aligned surfaces.

20. A wall or the like formed of preformed blocks the facing surfaces of which are formed to provide at leastrpne pair of oppositely facing shoulders, preformed bonding members between each pair of said facing surfaces for holding said blocks in spaced relation, which members provide finishing strips for the joints between said blocks, and have oppositely facing shoulders severally cooperating with the shoulders of said blocks for preventing relatively transverse movement of said blocks, said surfaces and bonding members being so relatively formed as to provide cavities for receiving plastic material for weatherprooflng said wall.

21. A wall or the like formed of preformed blocks, the facing surfaces of which blocks adjacent each of the four edges of said surfaces are formed to provide outwardly facing shoulders, bonding means for said blocks having portions engaging with said shouulders throughout substantially the lengths of said edges and acting to hold said: blocks in spaced relation and having other portions tying said first mentioned portions together.

22; A wall or the like formed of preformed blocks, which blocks are formed to present outwardly facing shoulders adjacent the four edges of the faces thereof which extend in the direction of the wall, bonding means for said blocks having portions engaging with said shoulders throughout substantially the lengths of said edges and acting to hold said blocks in spaced relation and having other portions integral with said first mentioned portions tying the latter together.

23. A wall or the like formed of preformed blocks, which blocks are formed to present outwardly facing shoulders adjacent the four edges of the faces thereof which extend in the direction of the wall, bonding means for said blocks having portions engaging with said shoulders throughout substantially the lengths of said edges and acting to hold said blocks in spaced relation and having other portions tying said first mentioned portions together; some of said bonding means being of such length as to extend over a plurality of opposite aligned surfaces of rows of blocks whereby a pair of long parallel bonding means is provided at opposite sides of a row of blocks, and othersibeing of such length as to extend from but one of said parallel bonding means to the other transversely thereof, said bonding means having cooperating portions for interlocking the ends of the transversely extending bonding means with each of said parallel bonding means.

RUSSELL L. HOHL. 

